A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.A Hollywood actress undergoes a psychic breakdown and recalls the traumatic events which led to her stay at a sanitarium.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJoan Didion wanted Sam Peckinpah to direct but he was never quite sure why she would select him, given his success as a director of Western-themed films, and declined.
- GoofsFull-screen version shows boom mic in the outdoor sequence where Maria is shooting an actual gun on the movie set; boom mic also visible when B.Z. talks with Maria in the motel room while she is looking at crime scene photographs with a magnifying glass.
- Quotes
Maria Wyeth Lang: ...existentially, I'm getting a hamburger.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold (2017)
Featured review
Aching for a decent copy
I watched this movie a lot during the first decade+ after it was released. It would show up occasionally at rep houses in NYC or SF, and I always tried to see it. The last few viewings were at the Roxie in SF, and the boom was always visible in that print; I hated that, b/c people laughed at the movie. i'm a huge didion fan (love the book), an equally huge tuesday fan. this movie captures a moment in my life, a naive moment when I tho't these chars. represented glamour and sophistication; now, having lived, I see how depressed they were. Still, it's full of great lines & has an odd nostalgic pull for me. TV versions were always tragically aborted (so to speak), and it's never been avail. to possess in any format. i shudder to think that there's no extant print, what w/studio not having one & perry gone. i've hoped to own it for so long. i was sick to hear it's on Sundance this wkend (which I don't get). why are so few people interested in seeing this movie become available? it's one of the few left on my wish-list never to be released. should any reader ever hear news of its release, please please let me know! thanks.
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- ohmemercylard
- Jan 20, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Играй как по писаному
- Filming locations
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA(Location)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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